Leicester (Gipsy Lane) Driving Test Centre

· City of Leicester

39.4%
final pass rate 9,525 tests/year · 7 years of data · DVSA data: 2013-14

Key Statistics

39.4% Overall Pass Rate ▲ +1.3pp
44.3% Male Pass Rate
35.0% Female Pass Rate
58,716 Total Tests (7 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Leicester (Gipsy Lane) pass rate over 7 years

35% 38% 41% 44% 47% 50% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2007: 40.3% 2008: 42.0% 2009: 48.0% 2010: 48.7% 2011: 41.3% 2012: 38.1% 2013: 39.4%

Monthly Breakdown (2013-14)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 699 256 36.6% 43.1% 30.9%
May 810 327 40.4% 47.6% 34.5%
Jun 819 290 35.4% 40.8% 30.8%
Jul 833 351 42.1% 52.4% 34.6%
Aug 681 270 39.6% 44.0% 35.8%
Sep 883 348 39.4% 42.8% 36.6%
Oct 839 334 39.8% 43.5% 36.9%
Nov 865 346 40.0% 46.8% 33.8%
Dec 733 305 41.6% 45.3% 38.2%
Jan 884 338 38.2% 42.3% 34.0%
Feb 663 244 36.8% 37.8% 35.8%
Mar 816 342 41.9% 45.0% 38.7%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 9.3pp higher rate than female candidates at Leicester (Gipsy Lane).

30% 35% 40% 45% 50% 55% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2007: 35.6% 2008: 38.3% 2009: 44.1% 2010: 44.0% 2011: 36.6% 2012: 33.3% 2013: 35.0% 2007: 45.3% 2008: 46.0% 2009: 52.2% 2010: 54.2% 2011: 47.1% 2012: 44.3% 2013: 44.3%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Leicester (Gipsy Lane)? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 357.618 of the tests conducted here.

17: 825.0% 18: 1184.0% 19: 896.0% 20: 589.0% 21: 469.0% 22: 388.0% 23: 378.0% 24: 316.0% 25: 375.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

18-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Leicester (Gipsy Lane) with 1184.0% from 44.68468468468468 tests, while 24-year-olds have the lowest at 316.0%. The 868.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1750.172825.0%52.4%146.0%
1844.6851184.0%46.4%248.0%
1935.583896.0%45.2%174.0%
2036.422589.0%45.3%114.0%
2140.299469.0%50.7%108.0%
2237.681388.0%44.8%78.0%
2335.784378.0%47.1%73.0%
2440.237316.0%46.3%68.0%
2536.757375.0%35.8%68.0%

Automatic vs Manual

31.1%Automatic Pass Rate
39.4%Overall Pass Rate
473Auto Tests/Year

At Leicester (Gipsy Lane), the automatic test pass rate is 31.1%, which is 8.3 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 39.4%. 473 automatic tests were conducted here in the latest year.

The lower automatic pass rate compared to overall is unusual. This could reflect a smaller sample size or a particular candidate demographic. Check the trend over time to see if this is consistent.

Female automatic candidates pass at 31.3% compared to 29.8% for males.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

30% 34% 38% 42% 46% 50% 2008 2009 2010 2012 2013 2009: 48.0% 2010: 48.7% 2011: 41.3% 2012: 38.1% 2013: 39.4% 2008: 36.3% 2009: 46.4% 2010: 39.6% 2012: 32.9% 2013: 31.1%
Automatic Overall

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